Chris Hayes discusses the concept of attention being the most valuable yet endangered resource in the contemporary information age. In his new book, "The Sirens' Call," he emphasizes that while information is infinite and easily accessible through smartphones, our capacity to focus and give attention is limited. Through personal anecdotes, he reflects on the distractions posed by technology, contrasting the purity of his daughter's attention with the overwhelming desire to engage with his smartphone. He argues that this shift marks a critical change in how we experience and value information today.
In the morning, I sit on the couch with my precious younger daughter. Her attention is uncorrupted and pure. There is nothing in this life that is better.
It's a mistake to understand information as the central aspect of this form of economic relations. The resource that's finite in the information age is actually attention.
Information is cheap, and attention is expensive. And that's why your attention is the most valuable thing you have.
The introduction of the iPhone in 2007 is a useful marker of the beginning of this age, called 'the age of information'.
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